[vtsailguy]

Sooo,

Personally, I need people to buy $150,000 boats, and more.

I really, really need them.

If they were not around, I would not be able to buy that used $30-40,000 boat in twenty years.

The life blood of a used xxxxx market is new xxx sales.

 

[vtsailguy]

The common held view that the "American Dream" is accessible to all is misguided today. America has a very distinct "class" society focus on social class and wealth.

"Social class is probably the single most important variable in society. From womb to tomb it correlates with almost all other social characteristics of people that we can measure. Affluent expectant mothers are more likely to get prenatal care, enjoy general health, fitness, and nutrition. Many poor and working-class mothers-to-be first contact the medical profession in the last month… Rich babies come out healthier and go home to very different situations… Poor babies are more likely to have high levels of poisonous lead in their environments and their bodies… Rich children benefit from suburban schools that spend two to three times as much money per student as schools in inner cities or rural areas. Differences such as these help account for the higher school-dropout rate among poor children.”

 

[vtsailguy]

How We Learn: Research, News & Perspectives: REPORTS: From the Pew Economic Mobility Project

"Contrary to American beliefs about equality of opportunity, a child's economic position is heavily influenced by that of his or her parents. Forty-two percent of children born to parents in the bottom fifth of the income distribution remain in the bottom, while 39% born to parents in the top fifth remain at the top,"